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Hydrotherapy for life threatened children

(Cambridgeshire)

Essential therapy for local children living with a life-threatening condition or disability, some of whom will be receiving end of life care. Hydrotherapy helps to alleviate pain, build strength in muscles and provides a fun and relaxing activity for children and their families. In turn, this helps promote the child’s best quality of life.

Our goals:

To have a therapy pool that is fit for purpose for local children who are living with a life threatening condition and/or who are receiving end of life care. Ensuring that valuable sessions in the pool do not need to be cancelled.

Regular and continuous access to therapy is very often difficult. Time together for children and their families in the pool for both therapeutic purposes and for enjoyment is priceless. All sessions will be supervised by staff.

Empowering families to improve their children's quality of life. Therapy will provide both emotional and practical support, helping reach more children and support those children and their families at an extremely difficult time.

£25kproject
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How we will achieve our goals

A new boiler will ensure that the correct temperature is maintained in the pool. Which in turn will ensure that therapy sessions are not cancelled. A section of the pool flooring will be replaced with non slip materials to ensure safety. Purchase of a new dehumidifier to ensure the pool area is comfortable for children, their families and staff.

Where the money will go

Enabling many more local children, babies and young people with life threatening conditions to spend quality time in the pool for both therapeutic purposes and enjoyment. For many, the warmth and support of the water provides them with their only opportunity to move. Improving childrens quality of life at an unimaginably difficult time.

Comments (35)

This service has played a really important role in the rehabilitation and ongoing care for my son, as well as valuable family fun time together. I really hope that EACH get their grant so that more families can enjoy this benefit for their children and hopefully we can continue to do so too.

Our boy had some hydrotherapy before he could undergo the first of a number of operations on his legs. Hydrotherapy was for us and is for many families, very difficult to get access to. Many children could benefit from this fantastic project – Please do vote!

Thank You so so much to every single amazing person who has already voted!

Please, please keep spreading the word – Do tell everyone you see and meet about it! Feel free to drive everyone nuts about it!! – Lets keep those votes coming in during November – Every single vote brings us all a step closer to making a real difference for the beautiful littlies and their families 🙂

Lets keep asking – Could we have a minute of your time?
In what is unimaginable to most.
In the darkest and most painful of times. EACH give children and their families the best in the worst possible situation.
Let us keep shouting about this fantastic project – Keep sharing – Keep those votes coming in!
Thank you.

Currently Ranking 2 – Lets keep shouting about the project – We need to keep the votes coming in for EACH. Please, please, please keep sharing – We have to do everything we all can to make this happen.

Thank you to everyone who has voted! & shared!
Voting open until 30th November – Please keep sharing – Need those votes to keep EACH ranking 1st until the 30th. Please keep shouting about this – Let’s do this for EACH. Thank you

My son Danny has CHARGE Syndrome (that’s us in the photo) hydrotherapy was so beneficial for him in building his muscle strength and he
loves being in the warm water. He gets too cold in regular swimming pools. We are so grate full that he had the opportunity to use this pool. Please help save it.

Ranking 1 again BUT it’s so close ? EACH need more votes. Please keep those votes coming in. Please ensure you have gone into the email account you registered your vote with & verified vote by clicking on the email and ensure you then Vote! – There are some votes which have not been counted as they havnt been verified yet! Thank you.

Ranking 2 ? EACH need more votes. Please keep those votes coming in. Please ensure you have gone into the email account you registered your vote with & verified vote by clicking on the email and ensure you then Vote! – There are some votes which have not been counted as they havnt been verified yet! Thank you.

EACH are losing ?? Ranking No.2…
WE HAVE TO KEEP FIGHTING FOR THIS – WE’VE GOT TO KEEP THOSE VOTES COMING IN –
ARE WE DOING EVERYTHING WE ARE CAPABLE OF?
Yesterday, the votes were coming in – Thank You but…
We need to KEEP SHOUTING!
VOTING CLOSES AT MIDDAY ON 30TH NOVEMBER – Please keep shouting – EACH NEED MORE VOTES TO WIN.
Thank You.

The benefits of Hydrotherapy are immense. Access to this at EACH would for sure make so many childrens lives much more comfortable. Apart from many other benefits, Hydrotherapy would help many children freedom in water, a form of pain relief and much more…in a safe & supported environment.

EACH was ranked No.1 in their category at the end of the voting !!!YES!!!
NB: The Votes do need to be verified to ensure all votes count.
Winner to be confirmed and announced on 14th December 2016.
But Well Done Everyone Who Voted
We so very much hope this is an early Christmas present for EACH.
Everything crossed.
Thank You to everyone again – You made this happen

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